Storming the Camp at Mount Gadan, Jacques Philippe Le Bas, 1769
Storming the Camp at Mount Gadan, 1769, Etching and engraving, Sheet: 25 13/16 × 39 5/8 in. ( × cm), Prints, Jacques Philippe Le Bas (French, Paris 1707–1783 Paris), After Giuseppe Castiglione (Italian, Milan 1688–1766 Beijing), (direxit) Charles Nicolas Cochin II (French, Paris 1715–1790 Paris), This print illustrates a successful 1755 attack on an enemy camp near Mount Gadan by Kalmouk Ayusi, a Mongol who entered the service of the Qing. Part of a set of sixteen, 'Storming the Campe at Mount Gadan' was commissioned by the Qianlong Emperor in 1765 to commemorate Manchu victories (1755-59) over the Eleuths, the Dzungars, and other Central Asian peoples in the present-day region of Xinjiang
Size: 5452px × 3466px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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